5/7/13

The girl just wants everything to go her way. She is stupid for thinking he violated her freedom of speech. She deserved to be shut down.

5/6/13 BR

They have to bury him somewhere even though no body wants him in their cemetery. They don't him there for what he did in Boston, which makes sense. It will be interesting where they bury him.

5/2/13 assignment

They are being charged with tampering with the investigation and trying to mess up the investigations. They do fit the crime because they threw away a backpack with numerous things in it.

The quote is true. We need to stand up to those who do bad things like the boston bombing.

They could've not bombed boston and not have caused havoc.

It can be if you don't help someone in need and you could've helped them. You should always try to help someone in need.

If i saw them drop the backpacks I would have told the police. If I was the friend, I would cooperate with police and try to stay out of their way.

4/29/13 BR

It is good that they had their first integrated prom. No one should be racist and hopefully they ended that with the integrated prom.

4/25/13

They should be able to wear whatever they want. They're in middle school so they shouldn't be worried about all of that stuff.

4/18/13 BR

Obama showed comfort for all the people of Boston. He said that they will find the ones responsible and that they will run again. The detailed diagram of how to make and explosive with a pressure cooker is a little strange.

4/17/13

Whoever did this will get in a lot of trouble. They will be in jail for the rest of their life. We will make them pay for what they did in Boston. The consequences shouldn't be different if they are non citizens. They should be in just as much trouble. They do folllow the constitution.

http://www.wdtv.com/wdtv.cfm?func=view&section=5-News&item=Bostonian-Shares-Story-of-Working-in-the-Area-During-Marathon-Tragedy-9209

http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2013/04/18/boston-bombing-marathon-investigation-fbi/2093037/

http://rt.com/usa/images-suspects-boston-bombing-054/

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/9996363/Boston-Marathon-bombs-as-it-happened.html

4/15/13 BR

I am tired of hearing about gun control. But they do need to make a decision before something big happens. It is good that they are trying to make the country safer.

4/16/13 BR

It is hard to understand why someone would want to do something like this. But good will always outnumber the bad. Our country is very resilient and will make us stronger.

4/12/13 BR

They should make the gun laws more strict and less people would get murdered. The also need to reduce the amount of higher caliber weapons that seem unncecesary to own.

4/10/13 Assignment

College Sports Versus Academics- This one I get. It pokes fun at the Mike Rice firing where he shoved, hit and threw basketballs at his players. It is also saying that student athletes don't need to work as hard at school than those who do. Which is true..

North Korea threats- I like this one because it is Kim Jong Un coming out of a clock but instead of saying "Koo-Koo" he is saying "Nuke You". It's funny because he has threatened to shoot missles at South Korea and USA.

OIL- This one is about the Exxon oil spill. It has a man having oil spilt out of him with uncle sam saying he needs to buy pampers and a lot of them. It is in response to the oil spill in Arkansas that is kind of being shoved to the side by the government.

Roger Ebert- This one is about the death of Roger Ebert. He died earlier this week. It shows the earth as a reel of film and he is climbing the reel like a ladder to heaven. He was born in 1942. He was 71 years old.

Obama shoots hoops- This one shows President Obama shooting basketball and missing. A reporter is shown writing, "The basket misses Obama's shots." It hints that Obama does no wrong and that reporters seem to find someone else to take the blame.

4/8/13

Parents are usually the ones to preach to kids about not texting and driving, But they are the ones who do it the most. It is best to pull over to text someone and to pay attention to the road while driving.

1. It is more dangerous than drunk driving.
2. You can get in as much trouble as drunk driving.
3. You have to take your eyes off the road to text, which is dangerous.
4. Distracted driving is dangerous and unacceptable.
5. Sending a text while driving can take your eyes off the road for more than 30 yards.
6. You're harming other people while texting and driving.
7. You can go to jail if you cause an accident while texting.
8. You can get fined for texting while driving.
9. You can get points taken off of your license.
10. You or someone you crash into can die.
11. The law should be more strict.
12. It should be illegal in every state.
13. There should be a cell phone software that prohibits the use of a phone while driving.
14. There should be some exceptions like if your car is stopped or if there is an emergency.
15. People should teach their children not to text and drive.
16. If you have to text, then pull over to text.
17. Everytime you text is a chance to kill someone.
18. People shouldn't take the risk of texting and driving.
19. Most texts can wait to be sent.
20. The laws are becoming more strict across the nation.

3/28/13

They shouldn't be allowed to retry her for murder. She was already tried once and shouldn't go through all of that again. It is a LAWWWWW!! MERICA!?

3/27/13

People should be allowed to marry whoever. Its not that big of a deal. People arguing about it just want something to argue about. As long as gay people arent rubbing it in my face. No pun intended.

BR 3/13

The constitution is important to us. It makes us American. It seperated us from England.

3/12 Assignment

Jurors are very important to our legal system. They are responsible for deciding if someone is guilty or not. They’re not supposed to watch the news or read about the case and have to be completely biased with their decision. They can take notes or drawings of anything that happens in the court room to remind themselves of evidence or a timeline of events to better help themselves come to a conclusion. The jury can also pass notes or messages to the judge to ask him or her to clarify something in the case. Jurors must base their decision on only facts that were given in the case. They must also be impartial and independent. The jury does not do the sentencing; they just decide whether or not a person is guilty or innocent. The jury must sit through and listen to both sides of the argument. Once both sides present their closing arguments, the jury must go in the jury room to deliberate. They can take their notes but cannot have any communication outside of the room. They come to a conclusion in the room and come out to read their verdict. The jurors cannot be under the influence of any drugs or alcohol when on duty. They also must be at the trial and cannot miss it unless they have a reasonable excuse. There is usually 12 jurors and they sit on the side of the courtroom on a bench. There are 2 main different types of Jurors. There are petit Jurors and Grand Jurors. In Petit, The jurors find if the defendant is guilty or innocent. There are 12 Jurors for a Criminal case and 8 for a Civil Case. A grand jury decides whether or not the person should be indicted for a crime. They may not decide whether or not the person is guilty or innocent. Most grand jurors have to spend more time on the case than a petit juror would. The jury is an important part of any court case and people should take their duty seriously.

            I personally would not like to be a juror. I wouldn’t want the pressure of having to decide if someone is Guilty or Innocent. Either way, people will be upset at the decision you make. You do get to make the decision with 11 other people who are in the same situation. But it is a duty and I would do it if I were called upon.

3/11 BR

There shouldn't be any type of knives on a plane. They are dangerous. Unless you wanted to cut up some deer meat on the ride. Knives can cut anything even if they're not very big.

3/7 BR

Rand Paul Fillibustered the Senate floor to gain attentiona about Jon Brennan's comments about using drones. He stood up there for a little over 12 hours. The senate agreed to look more into Brennan's comments.

3/5 BR

North Korea is threatening to end their treaty with South Korea if the US works with them to stop NK's nuclear tests. North Korea is becoming an enemy to the US.

3/4 BR

The rich deserve to pay their fair share of taxes. It is only fair. They are the ones that can acutally afford to pay them.

3/1 BR

Dennis Rodman is stupid. He does most of the things he does for attenction. He shouldn't be friends with them because they are a threat to every one.

2/28 BR's

Teen Drivers are more naive and less experienced at driving. They are also prone to speed and take more chances while driving.

Fairmont is a historical city in West Virginia. The slideshow showed a lot of landmarks in  the town. It also showed that it was the first city to observe fathers day.

Kids don't need to send pics like that. The person could show everyone, send it to people, or someone could hack their phone like a ninja. Don't send nakes to people.

The kids should have been more careful posting the video. They should have known having racial slurs on the video would get then in trouble. They shouldn't have been ignorant.

Important People

Martin Luther King Jr. 
  He was arrested
  He wanted freedom for african americans
  He died in 1968

Hardy Milk
  He was a gay activist
  He was in the Navy
  Played football in high school

Dorothy Hudgkens
  Worked in Chemistry
  Worked with crystalography
  Worked with X rays

Albert Einstein
  He dropped out of high school
  He fell in love with one of his classmates
  He created the formula E=mc2

Gandhi
  He was married at 14
  He was Indian
  He protested the salt act

Harriet Tubman
  Her father was freed from slavery
  She went to Philadelphia after escaping slavery
  She worked as a cook and nurse

Florence Nightengale
  Born in Italy
  Youngest of 2 children
  Her family had an estate.

Jane Goodall
  Born on April 3rd
  Studied the history of Chimps
  She never had a pet until 47

Bill Gates
  He was a computer programmer
  He dropped out of college
  He invented Windows

2/25 BR

They passed a pro gun bill even though most states are working to have less guns. It doesn't make sense to be in a pro gun state.

2/22 BR

It doesn't surprise me that we.re the most depressing state. We have boring winters and the summers arent much better. I hope to not live here when I'm older.

2/22 BR

They should let them sue for adding more ethanol to gas. They aren't allowed to sue because the lower court said they couldn't.

2/21 BR

It shouldn't matter who your nurse is. It is very racist to not want a black nurse. They should be ashamed

2/20 BR

People still need to have the right to vote. It decides who leads our nation or state.

2/26 BR

I dont believe i have ever slept text. I've never woken up to a text i dont remember sending.

2/19 BR

This article was stupid. You should have the choice to go to war since there isn't a draft. No one should have to fight in the war if they don't want too.

2/14 BR

The birth rate no being as high is not a big deal. There are a lot of people already on this world. Having less people will be fine and i would have faster internet because there are less people on it.

2/13/13 BR

The 150 words are all important to his speech. They tell what he will do in the next year or what he plans to do. Hopefully he will do well this year.

2/12/13 BR

The nuclear test is uncalled for. The US should be ready to take action against North Korea. There is no need for a nuclear weapon. It puts the whole world at risk of a threat.

2/11 BR

We need ways to reduce our debt and to create jobs. America needs him to lead us out of this debt.

2/7/13 BR

We should ban some assault rifles because there aren't very many reason to need a gun that shoots 30 bullets in a matter of seconds. The only reason to have them is for recreational reasons. There should be some guns but not high powered guns like assault rifles.

2/6/13 BR

Today was digital learning day everywhere. We used computers in Furby's class and weren't allowed to play games because people were walking around and seeing what we were doing.  It is fun using computers during school.

1/31/13 BR

Party supporters differ most starkly on three policy areas that will be a major focus of the Obama administration this year: gun policy, immigration, and federal taxes. They disagree with what Obama is doing.

1/29 BR

They should allow gay people in the boy scouts. They should be treated as equal and shouldnt be discriminated against for being gay. And plus it will boost their morale.

1/30 BR

People should still go to college and strive to get good jobs. They need to get a job in their field and move up while gaining experience. They should not settle for jobs like a taxi driver.

1/28/13

Hopefully she doesn't run for president. If she does, she will be defeated by a Republican. She will lose a ton of votes for being a woman as Obama gained for being black. They should put a person who has a legitimate shot at winning.

1/22 assignment

On Martin Luther King Jr. Day, President Barack Obama was sworn in to his second term in Washington D.C. The president defeated Mitt Romney in a close presidential race last November. In his speech he brought up issues he will try to tackle during the next four years. He has high hopes for our country going into the future. He brought up ways to help our economy and how to get more jobs in the US. He emphasized that our country needs to stay together as a whole to get past these difficult time. In particularly pointed references, the president made a forceful call for gay rights that equated the issue with the struggle for women's rights in the 19th century and civil rights in the 1960s. More cheers came when Obama called for "our gay brothers and sisters" to be treated "like anyone else under the law for if we are truly created equal, then surely the love we commit to one another must be equal as well." Obama made a reference to gun control, saying that the nation needed to ensure that "all our children, from the streets of Detroit to the hills of Appalachia to the quiet lanes of Newtown, know that they are cared for, and cherished, and always safe from harm." The President has a lot to do in the next 4 years.

1/3 BR

It is strange to find your house being robbed from a plane. They noticed something was wrong from the sky. The guy had to know they were flying or away for awhile to go try and rob them.

1/2 BR

The White House and the Senate have finalized the details of their deal to avert the fiscal cliff. The bill basically follows the framework that came out earlier this afternoon from the McConnell-Biden talks, with key additional details. Tax rates will permanently rise to Clinton-era levels for families with income above $450,000 and individuals above $400,000.  The estate tax will be set at 40 percent with a $5 million exemption.  The sequester will be delayed for two months. Half of the delay will be offset by discretionary cuts, split between defense and non-defense. The pay freeze on members of Congress, which Obama had lifted earlier this year, will be re-imposed.